EDITORIALANA. |
VOL. XXIV. No. 4. |
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OCTOBER, 1915 |
RECENTLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES. WILLIAM H. COLE, recently appointed trustee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, is a resident of Sabina, and by |
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cept the superintendency of the public schools of Wilmington, Ohio. These schools he organized upon the plan of the modern graded school. In 1874 he resigned the superintendency of the schools of Wilming- ton to accept the superintendency of the schools of Lawrence, Kansas. After two years connection with the schools of Lawrence he returned for a time to collegiate work, having been elected to the Chair of Elocution and History in the University of Missouri. He then returned to his native state, having been elected to the superintendency of the schools of Marysville, Ohio, where he remained for twenty-one years, organizing these schools under the modern graded system. He was then called to the superintendency of the city schools of Huntington, W. Va. While superintendent of schools he was instru- mental in securing for the city of Huntington a handsome Carnegie Library building, vitally connecting the library with the work of the public schools. After eight years of service as superintendent of the schools of Huntington he retired from active educational work and is now engaged in agricultural pursuits, affording a practical illustration of "Back to the Farm." (600) |